Trading Up: Bishopstown, Cork €395,000

New to market with Michael O’Donovan and Lawrence Sweeney of Savills, No 2’s a large five-bed detached two-storey home in the Wilton/Bishopstown suburb, dating to the 1960s; with recent underpinning work done,it’s all ready now for internal renewal.
Decoratively, it is ‘of its time,’ with timber panelling, Connemara marble fireplace, patterned wallpapers of decades past, and under some carpets are original parquet flooring. It’s on a corner site, near the garda station and main road with south and east aspect gardens, plus off-street parking, and to the back is a glasshouse/sun room/shed.